Updated and now blinking cursor on boot

Hi folks,

Struggling along here…

Spent many hours stumbling around and forum lurking and reading posts.

Been told off for not updating and not having latest Kernel.

Did some updates.
Installed latest kernel, and updated.

Rebooted and got an error message about Failed to Mount Kernel , eventually after much googling found that my blkid and fstab were at odds.
Update fstab - much googling to work out how to do that tty etc
(never knew about that)
(But reassuring that my system is still there)

And finally

Boot hangs at a blinking cursor …

I have a USB Live media - and have learnt how to chroot into .

I can also Ctrl Alt F3 and I know user & password.

I think this is to do with nvidia - but don’t know how to fix…

Really appreciate any help.

Typing this on Phone !!!

finally logged into Forum on the live media

So … using whatever method to get into the system…
( [HowTo] Resolve an unbootable Manjaro (black screen, login failed, cant boot, etc) )
Actually … I might suggest doing the regular boot … but edit the boot options to remove ‘quiet’ and replace with a ‘3’ for runlevel 3 and maybe we can see what the problem is.

Once at prompt;

To try starting the desktop (may produce useful errors)

startx

To print errors from journal since boot

journalctl -p 3 -b 

To provide general system information:

inxi -v7azy

There are also ways to make quick pastes, so a way to share system info may be:

inxi -v7azy | curl -F 'file=@-' https://0x0.st
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THANKYOU @cscs

Startx gives

xauth:  error in locking authority file /home/manjaro/.Xauthority
xauth:  error in locking authority file /home/manjaro/.Xauthority
xauth:  error in locking authority file /home/manjaro/.Xauthority
xauth:  error in locking authority file /home/manjaro/.Xauthority

_XSERVTransSocketUNIXCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed
_XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: server already running
(EE) 
Fatal server error:
(EE) Cannot establish any listening sockets - Make sure an X server isn't already running(EE) 
(EE) 
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support 
         at http://wiki.x.org
 for help. 
(EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
(EE) 
(EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.
Authorization required, but no authorization protocol specified

xinit: giving up
xinit: unable to connect to X server: Resource temporarily unavailable
xinit: server error
xauth:  error in locking authority file /home/manjaro/.Xauthority

Journal

-- No entries --

inxi

12CPU 6-core AMD FX-6350 (-MT MCP-) 12speed/min/max 1500/1400/3900 MHz 12Kernel 5.15.7-1-MANJARO x86_64
12Up 21m 12Mem 2183.4/15899.7 MiB (13.7%) 12Storage 2.95 TiB (5.7% used) 12Procs 231
12Client Unknown Client: systemd 12inxi 3.3.27

remember this is from live media - usually inxi is a lot more ??

oh bugger - keybord is different in live media

where r 3 ticks !!!

sorry

Close, but no cigar. Please see [HowTo] Post command output and file content as formatted text and edit your post accordingly :wink:

Oh … so in that case the startx command is irrelevant … you are already in a graphical session.

If you are in live media you want to first chroot into the install like so

manjaro-chroot -a

True … this inxi output is small/unusual.

Please verify your current status - live media+chrooted?

had to cut and paste 3 ticks lol

@cscs
yes - I think so

( it is an old usb though ) - I suspect I should create a new one ?

It might not matter … but it depends how old.

Anyhoo. Can you get output of anything else?

mhwd -l -d

Or most particularly logs from the boot

journalctl -p 3 -b 2

(integers here matter - -b 2 is last boot)

Good morning cscs

here’s

mhwd -l -d
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> PCI Device: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:04.0/0000:02:00.0 (0200:10ec:8168)
  Network controller Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  > INSTALLED:

   NAME:        network-r8168
   ATTACHED:    PCI
   VERSION:     2016.04.20
   INFO:        RealTek RTL-8168 Gigabit Ethernet driver
   PRIORITY:    0
   FREEDRIVER:  true
   DEPENDS:     -
   CONFLICTS:   -
   CLASSIDS:    0200 
   VENDORIDS:   1186 10ec 



  > AVAILABLE:

   NAME:        network-r8168
   ATTACHED:    PCI
   VERSION:     2016.04.20
   INFO:        RealTek RTL-8168 Gigabit Ethernet driver
   PRIORITY:    0
   FREEDRIVER:  true
   DEPENDS:     -
   CONFLICTS:   -
   CLASSIDS:    0200 
   VENDORIDS:   1186 10ec 


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> PCI Device: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/0000:01:00.0 (0300:10de:1b81)
  Display controller nVidia Corporation GP104 [GeForce GTX 1070]
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  > INSTALLED:

   NAME:        video-nvidia
   ATTACHED:    PCI
   VERSION:     2023.03.23
   INFO:        Closed source NVIDIA drivers for linux.
   PRIORITY:    5
   FREEDRIVER:  false
   DEPENDS:     -
   CONFLICTS:   video*nvidia* 
   CLASSIDS:    0300 0302 
   VENDORIDS:   10de 

   NAME:        video-linux
   ATTACHED:    PCI
   VERSION:     2018.05.04
   INFO:        Standard open source drivers.
   PRIORITY:    2
   FREEDRIVER:  true
   DEPENDS:     -
   CONFLICTS:   -
   CLASSIDS:    0300 0380 0302 
   VENDORIDS:   1002 8086 10de 



  > AVAILABLE:

   NAME:        video-nvidia
   ATTACHED:    PCI
   VERSION:     2023.03.23
   INFO:        Closed source NVIDIA drivers for linux.
   PRIORITY:    5
   FREEDRIVER:  false
   DEPENDS:     -
   CONFLICTS:   video*nvidia* 
   CLASSIDS:    0300 0302 
   VENDORIDS:   10de 

   NAME:        video-nvidia-470xx
   ATTACHED:    PCI
   VERSION:     2023.03.23
   INFO:        Closed source NVIDIA drivers for linux.
   PRIORITY:    4
   FREEDRIVER:  false
   DEPENDS:     -
   CONFLICTS:   video*nvidia* 
   CLASSIDS:    0300 0302 
   VENDORIDS:   10de 

   NAME:        video-nvidia-390xx
   ATTACHED:    PCI
   VERSION:     2023.03.23
   INFO:        Closed source NVIDIA drivers for linux.
   PRIORITY:    3
   FREEDRIVER:  false
   DEPENDS:     -
   CONFLICTS:   video*nvidia* 
   CLASSIDS:    0300 0302 
   VENDORIDS:   10de 

   NAME:        video-linux
   ATTACHED:    PCI
   VERSION:     2018.05.04
   INFO:        Standard open source drivers.
   PRIORITY:    2
   FREEDRIVER:  true
   DEPENDS:     -
   CONFLICTS:   -
   CLASSIDS:    0300 0380 0302 
   VENDORIDS:   1002 8086 10de 

   NAME:        video-modesetting
   ATTACHED:    PCI
   VERSION:     2020.01.13
   INFO:        X.org modesetting video driver.
   PRIORITY:    1
   FREEDRIVER:  true
   DEPENDS:     -
   CONFLICTS:   -
   CLASSIDS:    0300 
   VENDORIDS:   * 

   NAME:        video-vesa
   ATTACHED:    PCI
   VERSION:     2017.03.12
   INFO:        X.org vesa video driver.
   PRIORITY:    0
   FREEDRIVER:  true
   DEPENDS:     -
   CONFLICTS:   -
   CLASSIDS:    0300 
   VENDORIDS:   * 


Warning: no configs for USB devices found!
journalctl -p 3 -b 2
Oct 14 21:27:09 Manjaro-PC systemd-coredump[1740]: [LNK] Process 1738 (firefox) of user 1000 dumped core.
                                                   
                                                   Module linux-vdso.so.1 with build-id e3a821d2a0919b7f788433ffe683c3db1ba4193a
                                                   Module libGLX.so.0 with build-id d2c37fb8ec3bc53c67c013b0c6ac63ec086c8883
                                                   Module libGLdispatch.so.0 with build-id 7879a881271650eff97c35aff7a8674859c5ae94
                                                   Module libvdpau.so.1 with build-id fccd021ff13c37ebf7144d184a3250624e086f52
                                                   Module libGL.so.1 with build-id 6f65953140bc8a2aba47c9d492658dc61891393e
                                                   Module nvidia_drv_video.so with build-id 8976d88c463676c8a7a27a4fa06ab51a4f428200
                                                   Module libdrm.so.2 with build-id 5b59e55b50556f6d541e4d73fd6a2dcfb1983894
                                                   Module libva.so.2 with build-id 53551f71c1e329a02561e3a9d5f5cf1b58c6965d
                                                   Module libva-drm.so.2 with build-id e98c416d6cb8aa19eb870a619ea0ce5481ac22d5
                                                   Module libxcb-glx.so.0 with build-id 71d5b6691f53a235696da49ffa2178d643ecc228
                                                   Module librt.so.1 with build-id d9b04047188c017f10a204d968df63d7050971ed
                                                   Module libplds4.so with build-id 26c6c93ab7e9b7022734be96a91d0959b4c84fe5
                                                   Module libX11-xcb.so.1 with build-id f92352eae0a30aea89d11beb22367fa985288925
                                                   Module libdbus-glib-1.so.2 with build-id 9b483ffff76251ff057e007a0b960bff84ce34a8
                                                   Module libnssutil3.so with build-id c8cd9a21ff69a279996b72edb84ecce486d69115
                                                   Module libnss3.so with build-id da49468b4b8a69c37de11aba959d1f9088ce8ffc
                                                   Module libsmime3.so with build-id 728e791498d969203036d9e8b8885412e6f26bcd
                                                   Module libssl3.so with build-id 2d43ea7722be0a6a7e8d25c1a756a37421214d8d
                                                   Module libplc4.so with build-id ae18d68f01288868c93380064a1517522f3a844f
                                                   Module libasound.so.2 with build-id aefb908044b1b408df406f1a9bab9bba486c0e94
                                                   Module libxul.so with build-id c5f5f6e720048d43868447fb5669c6f6ffdc8a59
                                                   Module libmozwayland.so with build-id 6d02ecade2d88e510e133704931ef70fe2cea078
                                                   Module libgpg-error.so.0 with build-id 4738b8a9478177c202cccd64e0eb65d3dea2bfae
                                                   Module liblz4.so.1 with build-id 84ea95d811dad359e94e100ebe6a746294ffe8a7
                                                   Module libgcrypt.so.20 with build-id 8bf3cb884124273640de797a3e77d86c98434ea4
                                                   Module libcap.so.2 with build-id 9b38b08de708f439a9d0a4f8b9914151bc8d4b50
                                                   Module libbrotlicommon.so.1 with build-id acfd597a977c8087bb6184383daae2e828a9ce42
                                                   Module libicudata.so.71 with build-id 4fef196388e678deb881978139e125e20ee2d94d
                                                   Module libsystemd.so.0 with build-id ef3e323faf54271c824851913c119a7767c6bff1
                                                   Module liblzma.so.5 with build-id 8a7334fec02fef6a82ff641a68b3e3200a44a702
                                                   Module libzstd.so.1 with build-id ab54c2881f53ab314e134f3e08c76d504376dd5d
                                                   Module libXdmcp.so.6 with build-id d864159ab0008415667db8d5f251696d75c90df2
                                                   Module libXau.so.6 with build-id d9d5e8277140f1a86d3a07d9b52b1703c0a2f9a8
                                                   Module libbrotlidec.so.1 with build-id 66c54e9301f7e102ecc1d88547e5f0e8a056fe22
                                                   Module libbz2.so.1.0 with build-id 919597c477c9b2cb9cdbb7745ed6494ac0e6da60
                                                   Module libdatrie.so.1 with build-id 6fe3b6ece2c8e7d11869fa051375128d8f808f58
                                                   Module libblkid.so.1 with build-id fb2c5d3c17aac74758a3eb80a2bc1c16bcf183b1
                                                   Module libsqlite3.so.0 with build-id 782ea1abbeebfd86f7d34c1c4fd1c23d14a8cefd
                                                   Module libxml2.so.2 with build-id 49868de417eee9052facae410a866ebfbd5cceb8
                                                   Module libjson-glib-1.0.so.0 with build-id 58decebd2c409d59b07f926ae4c513281918bc4d
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thanks for your help !

J3G

Hey cscs

made sure I was chrooted :

inxi -v7azy
[manjaro /]# inxi -v7azy
12System:
  12Kernel 6.1.30-1-MANJARO 12arch x86_64 12bits 64 12compiler gcc 12v 12.2.1
    12parameters BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-x86_64 lang=en_US keytable=us tz=UTC
    misobasedir=manjaro misolabel=MANJARO_KDE_2213 quiet systemd.show_status=1
    splash driver=nonfree nouveau.modeset=0 i915.modeset=1 radeon.modeset=1
  12Desktop KDE Plasma 12v ERR-101 12tk Qt 12v 5.15.9 12wm kwin_x11 12dm N/A
    12Distro Manjaro Linux 12base Arch Linux
12Machine:
  12Type Desktop 12Mobo ASUSTeK 12model M5A97 R2.0 12v Rev 1.xx 12serial <filter>
    12BIOS American Megatrends 12v 2603 12date 06/26/2015
12Battery:
  12Message No system battery data found. Is one present?
12Memory:
  12System RAM 12available 15.52 GiB 12used 3.68 GiB (23.7%)
  12Array-1 12capacity 32 GiB 12slots 4 12EC None 12max-module-size 8 GiB 12note est.
  12Device-1 DIMM0 12type DDR3 12detail synchronous unbuffered (unregistered)
    12size 8 GiB 12speed 12spec 1600 MT/s 12actual 800 MT/s 12volts N/A 12width (bits)
    12data 64 12total 64 12manufacturer A-DATA 12part-no N/A 12serial <filter>
  12Device-2 DIMM1 12type DDR3 12detail synchronous unbuffered (unregistered)
    12size 8 GiB 12speed 12spec 1600 MT/s 12actual 800 MT/s 12volts N/A 12width (bits)
    12data 64 12total 64 12manufacturer A-DATA 12part-no N/A 12serial <filter>
  12Device-3 DIMM2 12type no module installed
  12Device-4 DIMM3 12type no module installed
12CPU:
  12Info 12model AMD FX-6350 12socket AM3 (942) 12note check 12bits 64 12type MT MCP
    12arch Piledriver 12level v2 12built 2012-13 12process GF 32nm 12family 0x15 (21)
    12model-id 2 12stepping 0 12microcode 0x6000852
  12Topology 12cpus 1x 12cores 6 12smt enabled 12cache 12L1 288 KiB
    12desc d-6x16 KiB; i-3x64 KiB 12L2 6 MiB 12desc 3x2 MiB 12L3 8 MiB 12desc 1x8 MiB
  12Speed (MHz) 12avg 1816 12high 3900 12min/max 1400/3900 12boost enabled
    12base/boost 3900/3900 12scaling 12driver acpi-cpufreq 12governor schedutil
    12volts 1.3 V 12ext-clock 200 MHz 12cores 121 1400 122 1400 123 1400 124 3900 125 1400
    126 1400 12bogomips 46975
  12Flags 3dnowprefetch abm aes aperfmperf apic arat avx bmi1 clflush cmov
    cmp_legacy constant_tsc cpb cpuid cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists
    extapic extd_apicid f16c flushbyasid fma fma4 fpu fxsr fxsr_opt ht
    hw_pstate ibpb ibs lahf_lm lbrv lm mca mce misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor
    msr mtrr nodeid_msr nonstop_tsc nopl npt nrip_save nx osvw pae pat
    pausefilter pclmulqdq pdpe1gb perfctr_core perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pni
    popcnt pse pse36 rdtscp rep_good sep skinit ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2
    sse4a ssse3 svm svm_lock syscall tbm tce topoext tsc tsc_scale vmcb_clean
    vme vmmcall wdt xop xsave
  12Vulnerabilities
  12Type itlb_multihit 12status Not affected
  12Type l1tf 12status Not affected
  12Type mds 12status Not affected
  12Type meltdown 12status Not affected
  12Type mmio_stale_data 12status Not affected
  12Type retbleed 12mitigation untrained return thunk; SMT vulnerable
  12Type spec_store_bypass 12mitigation Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
    prctl
  12Type spectre_v1 12mitigation usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
    sanitization
  12Type spectre_v2 12mitigation Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, STIBP: disabled,
    RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
  12Type srbds 12status Not affected
  12Type tsx_async_abort 12status Not affected
12Graphics:
  12Device-1 NVIDIA GP104 [GeForce GTX 1070] 12vendor eVga.com. 12driver nvidia
    12v 530.41.03 12non-free 530.xx+ 12status current (as of 2023-05) 12arch Pascal
    12code GP10x 12process TSMC 16nm 12built 2016-21 12pcie 12gen 2 12speed 5 GT/s 12lanes 16
    12bus-ID 01:00.0 12chip-ID 10de:1b81 12class-ID 0300
  12Device-2 Logitech Webcam C310 12driver snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo 12type USB
    12rev 2.0 12speed 480 Mb/s 12lanes 1 12mode 2.0 12bus-ID 1-5.3:5 12chip-ID 046d:081b
    12class-ID 0102 12serial <filter>
  12Display 12server X.org 12v 1.21.1.8 12compositor kwin_x11 12driver 12X 12loaded N/A
    12failed nvidia 12gpu nvidia 12display-ID :0
  12API OpenGL 12Message GL data unavailable for root.
12Audio:
  12Device-1 AMD SBx00 Azalia 12vendor ASUSTeK 12driver snd_hda_intel 12v kernel
    12bus-ID 00:14.2 12chip-ID 1002:4383 12class-ID 0403
  12Device-2 NVIDIA GP104 High Definition Audio 12vendor eVga.com.
    12driver snd_hda_intel 12v kernel 12pcie 12gen 2 12speed 5 GT/s 12lanes 16 12bus-ID 01:00.1
    12chip-ID 10de:10f0 12class-ID 0403
  12Device-3 Logitech Webcam C310 12driver snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo 12type USB
    12rev 2.0 12speed 480 Mb/s 12lanes 1 12mode 2.0 12bus-ID 1-5.3:5 12chip-ID 046d:081b
    12class-ID 0102 12serial <filter>
  12API ALSA 12v k6.1.30-1-MANJARO 12status kernel-api 12with aoss 12type oss-emulator
    12tools alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  12Server-1 JACK 12v 1.9.22 12status off 12with nsmd 12status off 12tools N/A
  12Server-2 PipeWire 12v 0.3.70 12status n/a (root, process)
    12with pipewire-media-session 12status off 12tools pw-cli
  12Server-3 PulseAudio 12v 16.1 12status active (root, process) 12with
    121 pulseaudio-alsa 12type plugin 122 pulseaudio-jack 12type module 12tools pacat,pactl
12Network:
  12Device-1 Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    12vendor ASUSTeK P8 series 12driver r8169 12v kernel 12pcie 12gen 1 12speed 2.5 GT/s
    12lanes 1 12port d000 12bus-ID 02:00.0 12chip-ID 10ec:8168 12class-ID 0200
  12IF enp2s0 12state up 12speed 1000 Mbps 12duplex full 12mac <filter>
  12IP v4 <filter> 12type dynamic noprefixroute 12scope global 12broadcast <filter>
  12IP v6 <filter> 12type noprefixroute 12scope link
  12Device-2 Realtek RTL8812AE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
    12vendor ASUSTeK 12driver rtl8821ae 12v kernel 12pcie 12gen 1 12speed 2.5 GT/s 12lanes 1
    12port c000 12bus-ID 05:00.0 12chip-ID 10ec:8812 12class-ID 0280
  12IF wlp5s0 12state down 12mac <filter>
  12WAN IP <filter>
12Bluetooth:
  12Message No bluetooth data found.
12Logical:
  12Message No logical block device data found.
12RAID:
  12Message No RAID data found.
12Drives:
  12Local Storage 12total 2.95 TiB 12used 172.12 GiB (5.7%)
  12ID-1 /dev/sda 12maj-min 8:0 12vendor Samsung 12model SSD 870 QVO 1TB
    12family based SSDs 12size 931.51 GiB 12block-size 12physical 512 B 12logical 512 B
    12sata 3.3 12speed 6.0 Gb/s 12tech SSD 12serial <filter> 12fw-rev 1B6Q 12temp 33 C
  12SMART yes 12state enabled 12health PASSED 12on 151d 2h 12cycles 1871
    12written 2.44 TiB
  12ID-2 /dev/sdb 12maj-min 8:16 12vendor Kingston 12model SA400S37240G
    12family Driven SSDs 12size 223.57 GiB 12block-size 12physical 512 B 12logical 512 B
    12sata 3.2 12speed 6.0 Gb/s 12tech SSD 12serial <filter> 12fw-rev J4.3 12temp 35 C
  12SMART yes 12state enabled 12health PASSED 12on 96d 21h 12cycles 1183 12read 52 GiB
    12written 59 GiB
  12ID-3 /dev/sdc 12maj-min 8:32 12vendor Hitachi 12model HDS721010CLA332
    12family Deskstar 7K1000.C 12size 931.51 GiB 12block-size 12physical 512 B
    12logical 512 B 12sata 2.6 12speed 3.0 Gb/s 12tech HDD 12rpm 7200 12serial <filter>
    12fw-rev A3EA 12temp 38 C
  12SMART yes 12state enabled 12health PASSED 12on 4y 288d 21h 12cycles 4213
  12ID-4 /dev/sdd 12maj-min 8:48 12model SATA3 240GB SSD 12size 223.57 GiB 12block-size
    12physical 512 B 12logical 512 B 12sata 3.2 12speed 6.0 Gb/s 12tech SSD 12serial <filter>
    12fw-rev 0A0 12temp 40 C
  12SMART yes 12state enabled 12health PASSED 12on 231d 14h 12cycles 2076
    12read 107.4 MiB 12written 74.7 MiB
  12ID-5 /dev/sde 12maj-min 8:64 12vendor Seagate 12model ST3500620AS
    12family Barracuda 7200.11 12size 465.76 GiB 12block-size 12physical 512 B
    12logical 512 B 12sata 2.6 12speed 3.0 Gb/s 12tech HDD 12rpm 7200 12serial <filter>
    12fw-rev HP21 12temp 38 C
  12SMART yes 12state enabled 12health PASSED 12on 6y 149d 0h 12cycles 7115 12Pre-Fail
    12reallocated sector 100 12threshold 36 12attribute Spin_Retry_Count 12value 100
    12worst 100 12threshold 97 12alert In_the_past
  12ID-6 /dev/sdf 12maj-min 8:80 12vendor Seagate 12model ST3250820AS Q
    12size 232.89 GiB 12block-size 12physical 512 B 12logical 512 B 12speed 3.0 Gb/s
    12tech N/A 12serial <filter> 12fw-rev E 12temp 40 C
  12SMART yes 12state enabled 12health PASSED 12on 318d 12h 12cycles 4200 12Pre-Fail
    12attribute Spin_Retry_Count 12value 100 12worst 100 12threshold 97
  12ID-7 /dev/sdg 12maj-min 8:96 12vendor Alcor Micro 12model 6387 12size 14.45 GiB
    12block-size 12physical 512 B 12logical 512 B 12type USB 12rev 2.0 12spd 480 Mb/s 12lanes 1
    12mode 2.0 12tech N/A 12serial <filter> 12fw-rev 8.07
  12SMART Message Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
  12Message No optical or floppy data found.
12Partition:
  12ID-1 / 12raw-size 931.51 GiB 12size 915.81 GiB (98.31%) 12used 172.12 GiB (18.8%)
    12fs ext4 12block-size 4096 B 12dev /dev/sda1 12maj-min 8:1 12label N/A
    12uuid 17480e2f-6383-4189-8c7d-ca2681b5aefd
12Swap:
  12Alert No swap data was found.
12Unmounted:
  12ID-1 /dev/sdb1 12maj-min 8:17 12size 512 MiB 12fs fat (32 bit) 12label N/A
    12uuid 993C-E256
  12ID-2 /dev/sdb2 12maj-min 8:18 12size 1 KiB 12fs N/A 12label N/A 12uuid N/A
  12ID-3 /dev/sdb5 12maj-min 8:21 12size 223.07 GiB 12fs ext4 12label N/A
    12uuid e03f1481-6694-465e-9597-1352991e2612
  12ID-4 /dev/sdc1 12maj-min 8:33 12size 931.51 GiB 12fs ntfs
    12label WIN LINUX SHARE 1TB 12uuid 7D28ABF135B57E28
  12ID-5 /dev/sdd1 12maj-min 8:49 12size 223 GiB 12fs ntfs 12label WIN10
    12uuid 01D6F7FD2E83E270
  12ID-6 /dev/sdd2 12maj-min 8:50 12size 585 MiB 12fs ntfs 12label N/A
    12uuid 28E8365DE8362A08
  12ID-7 /dev/sde1 12maj-min 8:65 12size 463.73 GiB 12fs btrfs 12label TIMESHIFTS
    12uuid 083e92ef-2e41-468e-b990-9f2812062321
  12ID-8 /dev/sde2 12maj-min 8:66 12size 2 GiB 12fs swap 12label swapMX
    12uuid 04316724-de63-4ac9-bc52-c7c8ed434688
  12ID-9 /dev/sdf1 12maj-min 8:81 12size 200 MiB 12fs fat (32 bit) 12label EFI
    12uuid 70D6-1701
  12ID-10 /dev/sdf2 12maj-min 8:82 12size 232.57 GiB 12fs ntfs 12label WIN10-ONLY
    12uuid 3FDF7FE034CD88F6
  12ID-11 /dev/sdg1 12maj-min 8:97 12size 3.59 GiB 12fs N/A 12label MANJARO_KDE_2213
    12uuid 2023-05-29-08-47-39-00
  12ID-12 /dev/sdg2 12maj-min 8:98 12size 4 MiB 12fs N/A 12label MISO_EFI
    12uuid 1517-A94A
12USB:
  12Hub-1 1-0:1 12info full speed or root hub 12ports 5 12rev 2.0
    12speed 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) 12lanes 1 12mode 2.0 12chip-ID 1d6b:0002 12class-ID 0900
  12Hub-2 1-5:2 12info Terminus Hub 12ports 4 12rev 2.0 12speed 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s)
    12lanes 1 12mode 2.0 12power 100mA 12chip-ID 1a40:0101 12class-ID 0900
  12Device-1 1-5.1:3 12info Sunplus Innovation Optical Mouse 12type mouse
    12driver hid-generic,usbhid 12interfaces 1 12rev 2.0 12speed 1.5 Mb/s (183 KiB/s)
    12lanes 1 12mode 1.0 12power 98mA 12chip-ID 1bcf:0005 12class-ID 0301
  12Device-2 1-5.2:4 12info SteelSeries ApS Apex 3 TKL 12type keyboard,HID
    12driver hid-generic,usbhid 12interfaces 5 12rev 2.0 12speed 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
    12lanes 1 12mode 1.1 12power 400mA 12chip-ID 1038:1622 12class-ID 0300
  12Device-3 1-5.3:5 12info Logitech Webcam C310 12type video,audio
    12driver snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo 12interfaces 4 12rev 2.0
    12speed 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) 12lanes 1 12mode 2.0 12power 500mA 12chip-ID 046d:081b
    12class-ID 0102 12serial <filter>
  12Hub-3 1-5.4:6 12info Genesys Logic Hub 12ports 4 12rev 2.0
    12speed 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) 12lanes 1 12mode 2.0 12power 100mA 12chip-ID 05e3:0608
    12class-ID 0900
  12Hub-4 1-5.4.1:7 12info ASIX AX68004 12ports 7 12rev 1.0 12speed 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
    12lanes 1 12mode 1.1 12power 100mA 12chip-ID 0b95:6804 12class-ID 0900
  12Hub-5 2-0:1 12info full speed or root hub 12ports 5 12rev 2.0
    12speed 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) 12lanes 1 12mode 2.0 12chip-ID 1d6b:0002 12class-ID 0900
  12Hub-6 3-0:1 12info full speed or root hub 12ports 4 12rev 2.0
    12speed 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) 12lanes 1 12mode 2.0 12chip-ID 1d6b:0002 12class-ID 0900
  12Device-1 3-4:2 12info Alcor Micro Flash Drive 12type mass storage
    12driver usb-storage 12interfaces 1 12rev 2.0 12speed 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) 12lanes 1
    12mode 2.0 12power 200mA 12chip-ID 058f:6387 12class-ID 0806 12serial <filter>
  12Hub-7 4-0:1 12info full speed or root hub 12ports 5 12rev 1.1
    12speed 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) 12lanes 1 12mode 1.1 12chip-ID 1d6b:0001 12class-ID 0900
  12Hub-8 5-0:1 12info full speed or root hub 12ports 5 12rev 1.1
    12speed 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) 12lanes 1 12mode 1.1 12chip-ID 1d6b:0001 12class-ID 0900
  12Hub-9 6-0:1 12info full speed or root hub 12ports 2 12rev 1.1
    12speed 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) 12lanes 1 12mode 1.1 12chip-ID 1d6b:0001 12class-ID 0900
  12Hub-10 7-0:1 12info full speed or root hub 12ports 4 12rev 1.1
    12speed 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) 12lanes 1 12mode 1.1 12chip-ID 1d6b:0001 12class-ID 0900
  12Hub-11 8-0:1 12info hi-speed hub with single TT 12ports 2 12rev 2.0
    12speed 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) 12lanes 1 12mode 2.0 12chip-ID 1d6b:0002 12class-ID 0900
  12Hub-12 9-0:1 12info super-speed hub 12ports 2 12rev 3.0
    12speed 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) 12lanes 1 12mode 3.2 gen-1x1 12chip-ID 1d6b:0003
    12class-ID 0900
  12Hub-13 10-0:1 12info hi-speed hub with single TT 12ports 2 12rev 2.0
    12speed 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) 12lanes 1 12mode 2.0 12chip-ID 1d6b:0002 12class-ID 0900
  12Hub-14 11-0:1 12info super-speed hub 12ports 2 12rev 3.0
    12speed 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) 12lanes 1 12mode 3.2 gen-1x1 12chip-ID 1d6b:0003
    12class-ID 0900
12Sensors:
  12System Temperatures 12cpu 22.6 C 12mobo N/A
  12Fan Speeds (RPM) N/A
12Info:
  12Processes 216 12Uptime 9m 12wakeups 0 12Init systemd 12v 253 12default graphical
  12tool systemctl 12Compilers 12gcc 13.1.1 12clang 15.0.7 12Packages 1887 12pm pacman
  12pkgs 1870 12libs 385 12tools pamac 12pm flatpak 12pkgs 17
  12Client Unknown Client: systemd 12inxi 3.3.27

any use ?

J3G

Hi,
From there lets see about the update scenario;

sudo pacman -Syu

And you might want to install an earlier kernel;

sudo mhwd-kernel -i linux515

Please check trying to boot into earlier kernels.

Hi CSCS,

I’ve done some Forum searching - and have made some progress .

Just been able to boot - I deleted all graphics drivers as per a post I’ve seen on here, I now have wifi, but no Ethernet (that’s working ok on another drive)

So definitely made progress !

mhwd -l -d
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> PCI Device: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:04.0/0000:02:00.0 (0200:10ec:8168)
  Network controller Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  > INSTALLED:

   NAME:        network-r8168
   ATTACHED:    PCI
   VERSION:     2016.04.20
   INFO:        RealTek RTL-8168 Gigabit Ethernet driver
   PRIORITY:    0
   FREEDRIVER:  true
   DEPENDS:     -
   CONFLICTS:   -
   CLASSIDS:    0200 
   VENDORIDS:   1186 10ec 



  > AVAILABLE:

   NAME:        network-r8168
   ATTACHED:    PCI
   VERSION:     2016.04.20
   INFO:        RealTek RTL-8168 Gigabit Ethernet driver
   PRIORITY:    0
   FREEDRIVER:  true
   DEPENDS:     -
   CONFLICTS:   -
   CLASSIDS:    0200 
   VENDORIDS:   1186 10ec 


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> PCI Device: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/0000:01:00.0 (0300:10de:1b81)
  Display controller nVidia Corporation GP104 [GeForce GTX 1070]
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  > AVAILABLE:

   NAME:        video-nvidia
   ATTACHED:    PCI
   VERSION:     2023.03.23
   INFO:        Closed source NVIDIA drivers for linux.
   PRIORITY:    5
   FREEDRIVER:  false
   DEPENDS:     -
   CONFLICTS:   video*nvidia* 
   CLASSIDS:    0300 0302 
   VENDORIDS:   10de 

   NAME:        video-nvidia-470xx
   ATTACHED:    PCI
   VERSION:     2023.03.23
   INFO:        Closed source NVIDIA drivers for linux.
   PRIORITY:    4
   FREEDRIVER:  false
   DEPENDS:     -
   CONFLICTS:   video*nvidia* 
   CLASSIDS:    0300 0302 
   VENDORIDS:   10de 

   NAME:        video-nvidia-390xx
   ATTACHED:    PCI
   VERSION:     2023.03.23
   INFO:        Closed source NVIDIA drivers for linux.
   PRIORITY:    3
   FREEDRIVER:  false
   DEPENDS:     -
   CONFLICTS:   video*nvidia* 
   CLASSIDS:    0300 0302 
   VENDORIDS:   10de 

   NAME:        video-linux
   ATTACHED:    PCI
   VERSION:     2018.05.04
   INFO:        Standard open source drivers.
   PRIORITY:    2
   FREEDRIVER:  true
   DEPENDS:     -
   CONFLICTS:   -
   CLASSIDS:    0300 0380 0302 
   VENDORIDS:   1002 8086 10de 

   NAME:        video-modesetting
   ATTACHED:    PCI
   VERSION:     2020.01.13
   INFO:        X.org modesetting video driver.
   PRIORITY:    1
   FREEDRIVER:  true
   DEPENDS:     -
   CONFLICTS:   -
   CLASSIDS:    0300 
   VENDORIDS:   * 

   NAME:        video-vesa
   ATTACHED:    PCI
   VERSION:     2017.03.12
   INFO:        X.org vesa video driver.
   PRIORITY:    0
   FREEDRIVER:  true
   DEPENDS:     -
   CONFLICTS:   -
   CLASSIDS:    0300 
   VENDORIDS:   * 


Warning: no configs for USB devices found!

thanks for your help

J3G

Mk.
You can try to remove the currently installed ethernet driver:

sudo mhwd -r pci network-r8168

and if you want to install it again

sudo mhwd -i pci network-r8168

Similarly you can try getting proprietary nvidia working again.
Maybe start with the 2nd latest:

sudo mhwd -i pci video-nvidia-470xx

Of course reboot and see what is affected.

(also dont skimp on checking earlier kernels … realizing you have BIOS from 2015)

Hi CSCS - I’ve made some real progress - and learnt some useful commands and checks.

(not least how to chroot !!!)

I deleted and re-added Ethernet drivers as per your instructions - all good now.

In the Hardware configuration tab I’ve selected Auto-Install Proprietary drivers - and they have been installed OK and rebooted - all good.

Thank-you very much for your patient advice.

I promise to be better at updating from now on…

I’m marking this as “Solved” because the blinking cursor and no boot issue is resolved - there’s a couple of other update related things I want to sort out - but that needs a new thread I think !!

Cheers !

J3G

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